Warp Speed ahead – but quick fix is unlikely to be a magic bullet

Twin sisters wear protective face masks in Washington Square Park during the coronavirus pandemic on May 15, 2020 in New York City. Picture: Getty

Another week, another quick fix with a name that sounds like an all-American suspense thriller. The Trump administration is partial to punchy, quasi-military titles suggesting action-hero solutions that can vanquish any threat to US supremacy in under 120 minutes.

Operation Warp Speed is a sequel of sorts to Crimson Contagion, the 2019 simulation exercise that tested the federal government’s ability to handle an imaginary Chinese flu.

Crimson Contagion’s reviews were dismal. It transpired that funding...

The US leader has harnessed the power of the social media platform like no other. And that’s exactly why Jack Dorsey’s move to slap a warning label on an incendiary tweet is mere tokenism, not all-out war